But since all we know of the video incident is that the drone had a problem and was lost, all of those people were guessing and assuming as you've done.
You imagine ... your own personal guess ... that says it all.
That one drone was lost...
Since the drone launched and hovered before losing control, it's safe to say that the props unfolded properly.
With no evidence to go with, making guesses is unlikely to find the cause of the incident.
I read a lot of the comments on the video...
The video guy doesn't mention this.
Where did this idea come from?
It's can be confusing trying to make sense of a crash incident from a screen recording and the recorded flight data would make it a lot easier to tell what happened.
If a prop is...
Tons of people have no idea what happened to this drone or their own drone.
It's easy to say the same thing happened to mine when you don't know what happened in either case.
I wouldn't have much faith in Youtube comments, but a few of the brief...
As a pilot and a drone pilot, I'm pleased they did that. The last thing I want when I'm up there with a passenger, is some irresponsible person flying their drone up in my airspace.
Sometimes it is hard enough to spot another aircraft in my...